Liang Qi was at his wit's end, angry at each other, but he also felt that Xiaoyue's statement was correct, so he accompanied Xiaoyue to Yang Dahua's house in the heavy snow.

Yang Dahua's house was right at the village entrance. Xiaoyue braved the snow; the gate was already locked. Xiaoyue called for a long time before Yang's wife finally ran out and opened it.

Upon entering the gate, Xiaoyue saw that Yang Dahua had actually set up a shed in the short alleyway, and not a single snowflake had fallen in the passageway. Xiaoyue shook the snow off her clothes, stood at the door of the main house, and stamped her feet again.

He picked up the broom that Sister Yang had left outside the door, swept the snow off his shoes, and handed it to Liang Qi. Liang Qi didn't take it. "I'll just stand outside and wait for you. It's so cold under the shed anyway."

Xiaoyue nodded, and Sister Yang opened the door and let Xiaoyue into the house.

Yang Xu was at home. Xiao Yue touched the two little tufts on Yang Xu's head as she ran towards Yang's sister-in-law. Yang Xu, with her small, shy eyes, ran behind Yang's sister-in-law.

Sister-in-law Yang quickly helped Xiaoyue sit down in the armchair inside the house. Xiaoyue asked curiously, "Brother Yang, you can still build houses in winter?"

Sister Yang smiled and said, "Dahua does odd jobs in town, but it's not easy. He only comes home every three or five days. I told him to quit, but he wouldn't listen." Her face was full of happiness when she talked about Yang Dahua.

Xiaoyue looked at Sister Yang, who was wearing a pomegranate red cotton-padded jacket, with a white rabbit fur vest over it, and a lead-gray cotton-padded skirt. She had a slender waist, neither too fat nor too thin. She already had a child, but she still looked like a young woman, without the weathered look of someone who had lived in the countryside.

With a porcelain-white complexion, two small dimples when she smiles, and a set of neat teeth, although she has small eyes, her face makes her look every bit the refined lady of a noble family.

Xiaoyue couldn't help but sigh, "Brother Dahua is so good to his wife."

Sister Yang just smiled. Yang Xu sat in Sister Yang's lap and said playfully, "My dad is so good to my mom. He even washes her feet."

The child's innocent words made Yang's wife blush. Xiaoyue looked at Yang Xu and asked, "Do you want to play with the little bean?"

Yang Xu exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, I want to!"

Xiaoyue then turned to look at Sister Yang: "Sister-in-law, I heard you are very good at needlework."

Sister-in-law Yang said, "It's alright."

Xiaoyue then said cautiously, "I have a job on hand right now, making a few dresses for young women in the spring. Do you think you can do it?"

"Li Qianqian has already cut everything out. All you have to do is sew. Once it's done, check that the stitches are all right. A set of clothes will cost fifty coins for handmade work."

"Of course I'll do it! It's a good thing, how could I refuse when they asked me? My husband Dahua only gets thirty coins a day for hard labor," said Sister Yang with a beaming smile.

“We’ve done it before; it takes three to four days to make a set of clothes.” Xiaoyue thought that if she needed to hire people, she had to be honest.

"It's okay, I'm happy that I can make money," she said happily.

“Okay, but for the first dress, you have to have it made at my house so Li Qianqian can take a look and see if it’s okay, or if it’s made according to the size. Once you have experience with the second dress, you can have it made at my house.”

“Okay, okay, I’ll go tomorrow morning,” Sister Li agreed.

"Have lunch at my place, bring the kids along, so the little one will have company."

After Xiaoyue finished discussing with Sister Yang, she said to her, "I still need to go find Sister Ge, so I won't stay here any longer." With that, Xiaoyue pushed open the door and left.

Sister Yang saw Xiaoyue and Liang Qi to the gate before turning back.

Before long, they arrived at Ge Dalin's house. Pushing open the door, they found the four of them eating. The eldest sister-in-law, Li, quickly got up to invite Xiaoyue to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed), and Liang Qi was also invited by Ge Dalin to sit on the kang.

They offered them more bowls and chopsticks, but Xiaoyue quickly declined.

Xiaoyue knew Li Shi from her past life, so she told Li Shi what had happened at Yang Saozi's house. Li Shi slapped her thigh and said, "What a good thing! Can I take Ge Liuye with me? She also knows needlework."

Xiaoyue looked at Liu Ye and said, "Okay, let Li Qianqian see if she can do it. If she can, I'll give her the money I gave you. If she can't, doesn't she know how to weave?"

"I bought a loom, and I still have so much work to do. Oh, by the way, where's your loom?" Xiaoyue mentioned the loom, only then realizing that her sister-in-law's loom was missing.

"Oh no! That loom has been with me since I was a girl. The day my second brother's family lost our cow, I was a bit angry, and I used too much force while weaving, so the thread broke. In a fit of anger, I kicked the loom."

"That's bad. You said it yourself, lately, one thing after another has happened to the Ge family. Your older brother won't even let me go to the old lady's house anymore; it's all because he's upset with me."

Li turned to Xiaoyue and smiled, saying, "This is truly a stroke of good luck; such a wonderful thing has happened."

Xiaoyue thought for a while before saying, "I'll bring Lu Xiaomei to my home today."

Li looked at Ge Dalin with surprise, and Ge Dalin was also stunned. He hurriedly asked, "What happened?"

Xiaoyue then recounted in detail what Xiaodouding had told her when she arrived at Ge Sanlin's house and what she had seen there.

"This heartless bastard!" Ge Dalin slammed his hand on the dining table, causing the bowls and chopsticks to tremble.

Li hurriedly comforted Ge Dalin, "Let's not get involved in what happened in that courtyard. You've suffered so much for so many years, it's alright, let's not worry about it now."

Xiaoyue had a misconception that Ge Dalin wasn't Old Lady Ge's biological son.

Back home, Li Lei had already prepared Lu Xiaomei's medicine and brought it upstairs. Lu Xiaomei drank the medicine and lay down again. Xiao Douding was outside adding fuel to the fire for Li Lei, who was cooking.

Xiaoyue went to the stove in the west room, scooped hot water into a wooden bucket, held it up to Lu Xiaomei's head, placed a stool and a basin there, and used herself as soap to wash Lu Xiaomei's hair. After washing her hair...

Xiaoyue locked the door to the east room, wiped Lu Xiaomei's body several times with water, took out a new quilt and spread it on the kang, and found the undergarment that Xiaoyue had never worn, which was also made for Xiaoyue by Lu Xiaomei.

They changed Lu Xiaomei into her undergarments, trimmed her nails, and covered her with a new quilt.

Throw away that dirty blanket.

After finishing these meals, Li Lei made a special meal for Lu Xiaomei, using two eggs to make a steamed egg custard.

Xiaoyue glanced at Li Lei and felt that he wasn't the kind of person who would do something so cold. She asked Li Lei and found out that Liang Qi had asked him to go to his house to get a basket of eggs.

After Lu Xiaomei finished eating, Xiaoyue sat down at the table and asked Li Qianqian while eating, "How many sets of clothes have you made?"

Li Qianqian said, "I've cut three sets, six sizes. Each size has five pieces. I cut one piece for each size. I'll finish cutting all six sizes by tomorrow."

Xiaoyue thought for a moment and said, "No rush. Two more people will be coming tomorrow. I found Sister Yang and Ge Dalin's wife. They are both very good at needlework. The three of you can each sew one garment. If Ge Yangliu can sew, then you can be in charge of the tailoring. Also, check if the garments they finish are up to standard. If they are not up to standard, make them redo them."

Li Qianqian nodded.